Description:

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque), ca. 500 CE. A mold-formed pottery female figure standing upon fused feet with outstretched arms and a shin-length skirt. She presents with perky breasts, bangles around each wrist, a massive pectoral necklace, and a plug ornament below her lower lip. Her jovial face peers outwards with almond-shaped eyes beneath heavy lids and has full lips, a slender nose, and several earrings adorning each ear, all beneath a bulbous headdress with lengthy lateral lappets. Swaths of turquoise-hued pigment adorn her hat, pectoral, bangles, and lip plug, with additional bands of red pigment on her skirt, all nicely complementing her light orange ground color. Size: 4.75" W x 8.4" H (12.1 cm x 21.3 cm)

Provenance: private Marysville, California, USA collection, purchased from Ancient Resource auction, California, USA, August 3, 2019, lot 341; ex-private New York, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, acquired in 2001

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#171137

  • Condition: Repair to proper left forearm as shown and small loss to top headdress element as shown. Light abrasions and nicks to limbs, body, and head, with softening to some finer details, and light encrustations in scattered areas. Great preservation to applied pigment.

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